Cantor chief mulls Ground Zero alternatives

AllenWan

Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive Howard Lutnick said that he sees a permanent memorial as well as a mix of offices and cultural facilities in the area known as "Ground Zero" that once housed the World Trade Center. " I heard even moving the City Opera there as a possibility. Maybe even a museum." However, considering the huge loss of life as a result of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, he ruled out the construction of a tall building on that site. Cantor Fitzgerald suffered the greatest human loss in last year's attacks with 658 employees killed. The broker's trading unit ESpeed
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rose 1.8 percent to $13.91.

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